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So .... After 7 or 9 or 12 hours or maybe even 2 or three days later if it is a Muslim or a Greek, Sikh or Jewish wedding, I say goodnight and offer my thanks for your hospitality to you and your parents - and head off home - usually cream crackered, but on a high!
I already have two copies of all the images I have captured that day - they have already been transferred from the camera memory cards

Nicola's wedding in Durham

Victoria at The Crab and Lobster

to my laptop during the wedding breakfast..... and yes, you do feed me - it would be rude not to if I am part of your family celebrations for 7 hours or more! Don't worry - put me on the table with the people you didn't really (!) want to invite - and the aunty with Tourette's .. I'll entertain them, and it puts me in a good position to get some great photographs - not of you all stuffing your faces, but as you wander around the tables talking with your guests - and of course the speeches! I digress ...

Lynn's wedding at Lindisfarne Castle

Kate's wedding at Langley Castle

Louise at Jesmond Dene House Hotel

Amy's wedding at Ellingham Hall

Once I arrive back at the office or my home, I usually collapse, but I'm often on too much of a high to relax straight away. So, a few beers, and look at some of the images I think may be important ones - the ones I will use on my BLOG on the following Wednesday, the ones I feel will make the cut for your wedding album.
I like to relax with my wife and children the following day if it is a Sunday .. if not, then I start the edit. If I'm shooting for 7 - 10 - 12 hours in a day, I will likely shoot in excess of 1000+ images, often a lot more as I document the day's events, the details and the fun.
There will be 'misses', where you have your eyes closed, or pulling a strange face! It happens, but I used to be a Picture Editor, so I can edit pretty tight, picking the best of a series of shots , or selecting the best five or six in a sequence of 20 or 30 images which tells the story of a part of the day.
I'll often end up with 300+ final selections, which tell the story of your celebrations - but that's just the start!
Each final image is assessed for sharpness, colour fidelity, dust marks, and for the best contrast and tonal range.
If I think an image will look better with enhanced contrast, or with a tint, or in black and white, then I will also include that in your list of final edited images.
On the Wednesday after your wedding, I will post about a dozen images on my BLOG as a Sneak Peak for you and your guests - but as you will probably be in The Seychelles or Las Vegas or Iceland or Australia by then, you may not see them until you get back home ..... unless you are like many of my clients who text me and email me and tell me how much they love their photographs. Hmm, have they nothing better to do on honeymoon :)
Once all the images are complete and ready for printing (sometime within a week or so) I will upload them to a private password-protected partner website.
I will then order a gallery proof-print of EVERY image (up to 500) and have them delivered to me, or, if you live abroad, directly to you.
If you are in the UK, they will be put into a presentation box and dropped off at your home if I am passing, or couriered (Next day guaranteed 1pm delivery) to your home or work when you get back from your honeymoon.
Once you are back from your honeymoon, I will send you an e-mail so that you can check out all of the images taken on your wedding day and then you can pass on the details about the website and the password to your friends and relatives. Simples ...
You will then be able to use the proof prints and the website to guide you in your choice of photographs for your wedding album

DIRK VAN DER WERFF 2012

Karen's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Natalie's wedding at Gisborough Hall

Anne looking radiant in her wedding gown at Cedar Court Grand Hotel in York - see some more of her wedding HERE

Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall

Shelley's wedding at Langley Castle

Lucy's wedding at Seaham Hall

Catherine's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall

Gill's wedding at Bowes and Teesdale

Kerry's wedding at Tynemouth

Leila's at Sunderland Glass Centre

Weddings in County Durham

Kirstey's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Weddings in Cleveland / Teesside

Claire's wedding at Redworth Hall

Gill looking beautiful and enjoying her lovely wedding at Bowes Museum in Teesdale and then at a marquee in the countryside.
See more of her beautiful wedding HERE

Weddings in Northumberland

Anne's wedding at Redworth Hall

My latest weddings on my BLOG

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Pre-wedding portrait photography

Catherine's wedding at Tynemouth

Jag's wedding at Hardwick Hall

Charlotte's wedding at Tynemouth

I usually stay until the first dance at most weddings - often beyond if you wish. This is an image captured at Andrew and Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall, an award winning small hotel and spa on the edge of Teesdale and County Durham, west of Darlington.

Kay's wedding at Ramside Hall

Elizabeth's wedding at Rockliffe Hall

Caroline's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Charlotte's marquee wedding at home

Sarah and David at Beamish Park Hotel

Debra and Liam at Quayside Exchange

Fay and Nick at The Crab and Lobster

Jayne and Stephen's marquee wedding

Getting married for a second time, or for the first time later in life ... No problem, just ring me, text me, e-mail me - let's talk Midweek small weddings, weddings on Friday or Monday are fine. This is Derek and Sue with their small group of friends and relatives on board HMS Trincomalee, the second oldest warship afloat in the world, at Hartlepool Historic Quay on the east coast of England

Anna and Neil at Beamish Hall

Becky and Chris at Tynemouth




Ritu and Ven in Cheshire		Jennifer and Andrew at Gisborough Hall



	Niki and Steve at Wynyard Hall

	Danielle and Graeme - happy and content at their wedding at Redworth Hall on New Year's Eve

Fay and Nick at The Crab and Lobster

Jayne and Stephen's marquee wedding

Niki and Steve at Wynyard Hall

Anna and Neil at Beamish Hall

Becky and Chris at Tynemouth

Ritu and Ven in Cheshire

Jennifer and Andrew at Gisborough Hall

Jag's wedding at Hardwick Hall

Caroline's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Sarah and David at Beamish Park Hotel

Jag's wedding at Hardwick Hall

Charlotte's wedding at Tynemouth

Kay's wedding at Ramside Hall

Charlotte's marquee wedding at home

Debra and Liam at Quayside Exchange

Elizabeth's wedding at Rockliffe Hall

Weddings in Cleveland / Teesside

Claire's wedding at Redworth Hall

Weddings in Northumberland

Anne's wedding at Redworth Hall

Pre-wedding portrait photography

Catherine's wedding at Tynemouth

Weddings in County Durham

Kirstey's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall

Gill's wedding at Bowes and Teesdale

Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall

Shelley's wedding at Langley Castle

Lucy's wedding at Seaham Hall

Catherine's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Kerry's wedding at Tynemouth

Leila's at Sunderland Glass Centre

Lynn's wedding at Lindisfarne Castle

Kate's wedding at Langley Castle

Nicola's wedding in Durham

Victoria at The Crab and Lobster

Louise at Jesmond Dene House Hotel

Karen's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Natalie's wedding at Gisborough Hall

Amy's wedding at Ellingham Hall

Jo & Jez at Crathorne

Tall Trees Yarm

Lucy at Matfen Hall

Lindsey at Dissington

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